Spring attachment for suspenders.



No. 726,416. PATENTED APR? 28, 1908. W. H. EDWARDS & J. B. BRYAN. SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENDERS.

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WILLIAM H. EDWARDS AND JOHN B. BRYAN, OF LEIPSIO, OHIO.

SPRENG ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,416, dated April 28, 1903.

Application filed October 4,1902- T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. EDWARDS and JOHN B. BRYAN, citizens of the United States,residing at Leipsic,in the county ofPutnam and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Attachments for Suspenders and Similar Articles; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improved spring attachment for suspenders, hose-supporters, and similar articles of apparel, and is designed, primarily, as a substitute for the elastic commonly formed into the fabric of such articles.

Novel details in the construction and arrangement of the several parts of the device will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof and wherein preferable embodiments of the invention are shown for the purpose of illustration.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of what we will term the double form of our attachment. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line as :r, Fig. 2; and Fig. A is an elevation, partly in section, of what we will term the single form of our invention.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views, A in the first three figures designates a sheath or casin g, preferably rectangular in contour, the same being formed of sheet metal bent into desired shape. At the respective edges of the sheath are formed vertically-disposed pockets B, oblong in cross-section and rounded at the ends.

Hollow elongated slides fit within and are adapted to move in and out of the pockets of the sheath ina manner to be now pointed out. Secured at one end to the base a of each pocket and at the opposite end to the closed end 2) of the slides are a series of coiled springs O, preferably two in each pocket; but it is obvious that any number may be employed-one or more than two-according to the use to which the attachment is to be put. The springs are Serial No. 125,905. (No model.)

of a character to normally retract the slides into their respective receiving-pockets. The slides, however, may be readily withdrawn against the tension of the springs to a varied extent and independently, which feature will be found very desirable when the attachment is applied between the shoulder-straps and the rear end of suspenders. A bent wire, chain, or the like D is loosely suspended from the closed ends of the slides, being connected thereto through the medium of eyes 61, rigid therewith. The purpose of this suspended wire is to afford a ready means of attachment to a suspender-end or the like.

The upper end of the sheath or casing is fiat, as at F, and near its top edge are inclined slots f, disposed in opposite directions for attachment to crossed ends of suspender shoulder-straps in an obvious manner.

In Fig. A the'attachment is shown as hav ing but a single pocket B the other fea tures-such as the springs 0 eye d", and slot f at the upper portion W-being the same as the corresponding features of the double form hereinbefore described excepting that in the present form the slot is arranged in a horizontal rather than an inclined plane.

Minorchanges in the details and constrution of the several parts of the attachment may obviously be made without in the least departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by" Letters Patent, is

A suspender attachment comprising a flat sheath or casing having a series of pockets, spring-controlled slides in said pockets, and a suspended device connected to the lower ends of both slides and suspended from the same for securing the attachment to an arti cle, the upper end of the casing being provided with oppositely-disposed transverselyarranged slots inclining outwardly and upwardly relative to each other and arranged for attachment to the crossed ends of the susponder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. EDWARDS. JOHN B. BRYAN. Witnesses:

J. WERNER, THOS. W. PRENTISSu 

